91 Memories 1

I wanted to use the memorila right away.

I pressed the [start] button as I wrapped the memorila within my hands before closing my eyes while laying flat on my bed.

When I opened my eyes again, I was in a big theater.

The typical velvet blue walls and the intimidating large movie screen stared back at me.

I was the only person inside the small room as the other seats were empty.

Luke did mention that you could use the memorila with other people.

I guessed that when you used it with other people, they watched your memories with you.

The movie screen brightened when I settled in.

Rika's memory was beginning to play on the screen.

"No! I don't want to separate from mommy!" Rika cried as she tightly clung onto one of her mom's legs.

Christopher helplessly smiled as he repeated the same lines for the tenth time, "We suggest you to reconsider your decision Mrs. Shane. Rika will receive the best education and will live in the best district."

Rika stomped on Christopher's foot before running back to her mom.

"Go away you villain!" Rika yelled as she hid behind her mom again.

Mrs. Shane looked at her daughter who was not even four years old yet. She did not want to send her daughter away to the first district even though others would probably beg for this opportunity to come to their child.

Ever since Rika was born, she was not away from both of her parents for more than one day due to her fussy nature.

"We just want to prevent another great disaster again," Christopher hinted the massive ruins that Rika had caused with her innate mana.

"Are you threatening me Mr. Welmington?" Mrs. Shane did not feel as cooperative as she did before.

"I'm just stating the facts Mrs. Shane," Christopher kept repeating the same lines over and over again.

Mrs. Shane knew that if she sent her daughter to the first district, there wouldn't be as many chances to see her daughter anymore.

"Rika! Come over here!" Mrs. Shane called out to her daughter.

Rika stood up as her legs wobbled as she hesitated to take a step.

"You can do it Rika!" Mrs. Shane's husband encouraged Rika with a loving smile.

Rika spread her arms out wide to gain more balance as she tried to take a small step forward.

After taking one small step, Rika fell onto the matted ground.

Mrs. Shane could recall Rika's first step as if she experienced it yesterday.

How would her daughter live without her protection?

Mrs. Shane did not want her daughter to mature too early. She wanted her daughter to experience a proper childhood with a normal life.

Mrs. Shane repeated the same lines as she told Christopher before, "I apologize, but I decline."

But, this was about sending her child to the first district. Sending a person from the third district to the first district rarely ever happened.

The last time a person went to the first district was three hundred years ago. Most times, the people from the third district were sent to the second district due to their low amount of innate mana.

It was even a rare occasion to send people from the third district to the second district. The last time it happened was twenty years ago.

"I'll come back again," Christopher left the house with no other choice as he has outstayed his welcome.

The screen darkened as if it was trying to transition to another scene.

"This is the best option I can give to you," Christopher passed the contract to my mother.

"Rika will stay in the first district for a couple a weeks as we seal some of her mana and then she will stay with you in the third district until the seal is broken." Christopher explained the terms.

My mother nodded as she was finally satisfied with the new terms.

This way, Mrs. Shane could buy more time to be with her young daughter before sending her away to the first district.

Christopher held a sleeping toddler in his arms as he left the house.

The toddler was wrapped in a wool blanket as she frowned like she was having a nightmare.

When Christopher was sure that there was no one else looking in the area, he teleported to the first district where there were large gates protecting the estate of the Roselia family.

The gates opened to welcome Christopher inside the mansion as the servants came out to greet him.

"This is your grandson's partner," Christopher handed the sleeping Rika to Luke's grandfather.

Luke's grandfather did not look like his age.

Luke's grandfather looked like he was in the middle in the twenties as his vibrant strands of silver hair showed no signs of whiting into grey.

'So it's true that the more mana you had, the slower you aged as you had a longer lifespan,' Christopher thought.

"My father is on vacation today," Luke's grandfather apologized.

Usually the head of the household was present to arrange the engagements of their descendents. However Luke's great grandfather who was in charge of these affairs went on a long vacation ever since Luke's birth.

Luke's grandfather looked shunned when he held Rika in his arms.

"This is going to be difficult, this is the first time I've ever seen someone holding this much innate mana," Luke's grandfather sensed the amount of mana Rika possessed.

I pressed [stop] as this just seemed like abduction.

Wanting to forget about this terrible memory, I wondered if this machine could also let me see one of my memories in my past life.

When I went back to the menu screen, I saw another option pop up.

The one that was already there from the start was Rika's memories in the film inventory. However, the new one contained an option to see a memory from my past life.

I instantly pressed [start] on a blank title that was indicated that it came from my past life.